PMG Photograph Conservation Training

Page Information
Date initiated	January 2022
Page Compiler	Emma Cieslik
Contributors	Luisa Casella, Alejandra Mendoza

Purpose of PMG Photograph Conservation Training page[edit | edit source]

The goal of this page is to list and link academic-level training opportunities that offer a specialization in Photograph Conservation. This page provides information about the conservation and restoration programs based in the United States and around the world, includes the length of the program as well as a program contact for questions. This page also includes the names of instructors and scientists at conservation programs who conduct research specifically focused on photographs as well as the social media accounts for the US conservation programs for reference. For more information, see also page on Photograph Conservation Around the World.

Graduate-level Programs[edit | edit source]


Country	Program Name	Description	Point of contact to program
Austria	Conservation - Restoration of Paper / Photographs / Books / Archive Material, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien		Univ.-Prof. Dr. Carolin Bohlmann Phone: + 43 (1) 58816 - 8800 Email: c.bohlmann@akbild.ac.at
Canada	Queen's University	2-year Master of Art Conservation with research or treatment stream options	Rosaleen Hill (Director and Assistant Professor - Paper Conservation, Photographic Materials and New Media)
Canada	Ryerson University Film + Photography Preservation and Collections Management	2-year Master of arts program focused on film and photography preservation	Marta Braun (Professor in the School of Image Arts, Ryerson University and Director of its graduate program in Photographic Preservation)
Columbia	Universidad Externado de Colombia	Two one-year postgraduate programs in submerged cultural heritage and sustainability and cultural heritage
Denmark	The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation KADK	2-year Master of arts program	Lene Grinde (part-time lecturer on conservation) and Mogens S. Koch (practicing conservator, Danish Portal for Artistic and Scientific Research)
France	Institut national du patrimoine, Aubervilliers	5-year Master's program involving theoretical, academic and scientific training
Mexico	National School of Conservation, Restoration and Museography (ENCRyM)	9-semester program in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, with an elective semester on Conservation of Photographs	Liliana Dávila, Ana Lizeth Mata Delgado
Netherlands	UvA University of Amsterdam	2-year Master of science in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage	Clara von Waldthausen (humanities faculty member)
Poland	Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw	5-year Master program with four different specialties: (1) paintings and wooden sculpture, (2) books, prints, and antique leather, (3) stone sculpture and architectural elements, and (4) antique textiles	Prof dr hab. Marzenna Ciechańska (Dean of the Department of Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art)
Poland	Fine Arts in Krakow, Faculty of Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art	Conservation program with two specialties - painting conservation and restoration, and sculpture conservation and restoration
Poland	Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun	Conservation and restoration of art program	Dr. Tomasz Kozielec (Head of Department of Paper and Leather Conservation)
Portugal	Universidade Nova de Lisboa	Master of arts in conservation and restoration
Spain	Escola Superior de Conservació i Restauració de Béns Culturals de Catalunya (ESCRBCC)	Master in Conservation and Restoration of Photographic Heritage
United States	Buffalo State College	3-year Master of Arts program with the option of specialization in photographs	Theresa Smith (Assistant Professor of Paper Conservation)
United States	New York University	4-year dual Master of Arts and Master of Science in Conservation and Art History	Nora Kennedy (Adjust Faculty in Fine Arts)
United States	University of Rochester/GEH, Photographic Preservation and Collections Management	Master's program in Photographic Preservation and Collections Management with coursework, internship rotation and final essay	Joan Saab (Associate Professor of Art History, PPCM Program Co-Director)
United States	Winterthur/University of Delaware	3-year Master of Science program in Art Conservation, option specializing in photography	Debbie Norris (Chairperson in Art Conservation)

Master's theses on photography conservation[edit | edit source]


Researcher/student name	Program name	Name of master's thesis	Date submitted/completed

Program-based research on conservation, restoration or connoisseurship of Photographs[edit | edit source]


Program	Research subjects and specialties along with faculty and researcher names
University of Rochester/GEH, Photographic Preservation and Collections Management (USA)	Water Emergency Response for Aqueous Inkjet Prints: Instructional Workshop Curriculum for Collections Managers Researcher: Ivey Barker
National Archives Krakow (Poland)	Researcher: Anna Seweryn
Buffalo State College (USA)	Aqueous paper conservation treatments, the infrared luminescence of paper, technical studies of works on paper, and 16th-century moveable anatomical prints Researcher: Theresa Smith
Buffalo State College (USA)	Identification and preservation of photographic prints, negatives, cased objects and color images; emergency salvage of wet photographs; surface cleaning, mending, and flattening of paper and photographic materials; and conservation treatment possibilities Researcher: Gary Albright

Social media accounts for American conservation programs[edit | edit source]

Buffalo State College: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube
New York University Institute of Fine Arts: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
Queen's University: Facebook
UCLA/Getty: Facebook, Twitter
University of Delaware: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram